Multi-Purpose Detector to study heavy-ion collisions at the NICA collider

Abstract

The Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD) is under construction to investigate heavy ion collisions at the NICA collider in the energy range sNN=4−11GeV. The MPD physics purpose is to get a better understanding of the QCD matter under extreme conditions of high baryonic density by studying collective phenomena, Λ polarization, dilepton yields, multi-strange hyperons and hypernuclei production. The MPD construction is progressing in accordance with the schedule.